Thesaurus: supple

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1. a. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. a. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
3. a. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
4. v. t. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
5. v. t. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
6. v. i. To become soft and pliant.
7. adj. gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
8. adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
9. adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
10. v. make pliant and flexible
11. 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. 2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke. 3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison. Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. 2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow. To become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.
12. To become soft and pliant.The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.